Richard A. Hagopian Best of Armenian Folk Music In this CD, Richard Hagopian (ud and vocals) is accompanied by Harold Hagopian (kanun and violin) and Hagop Jack Zarzatian (dumbek and def). We will briefly review Richard Hagopian. "Richard Hagopian was born in 1937 of Armenian parents near Fresno, in the central San Joacquin Valley of California. He demonstrated his musical interests early, beginning to study the violin and clarinet at age nine. A year later, he took up ud, studying with the renowned Armenian artist, kanuni Garbis Bakirgian. As artist in residence, he has taught at California State University, Fresno and performed throughout the United States, presenting a master class at Manhattan School of Music." (written by Richard Hagopian, from CD's program notes) "Best of Armenian Folk Music" was released in 1992 by ARC Music. This label is based in U.K. You can see their catalog and purchase CDs at their web-site. You can also find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page. Artists and their recordings in this category: H. Aram Gulezyan: The Oud George Mgrdichian: One Man's Passion Richard A. Hagopian: Best of Armenian Folk Music Richard A. Hagopian: Armenian Music through the Ages click on the names to see the CDs from that country: Armenia Lebanon Turkey Egypt Morocco Other Iran Palestinian Heritage Contemporary Iraq Sudan Israel Tunisia